As the Asian Financial Forum (AFF) gets under way in Hong Kong today, the government’s investment-promotion agency, InvestHK, is banging the drum about the city’s potential in fintech, announcing that it has set November 2-6 for the next edition of Hong Kong Fintech Week 2020.
The event will be held again at the AsiaWorld Expo next to the airport, which is more spacious, suggesting the agency expects growth in the number of exhibitors this year. Last year’s Fintech Week drew more than 12,000 attendees, up about 50 per cent from the figure in the previous year, and there were 150 exhibitors and 18 trade delegations. That performance was somewhat surprising, given that it happened amid the Hong Kong protests, which had been keeping business visitors away from Hong Kong.
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